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China Pakistan desert horticulture lab opens in Multan

China Pakistan desert horticulture lab opens in Multan

Reform Federal Policies to Enable Native American Regenerative Agriculture: Centering the goals and knowledge of Native land stewards in federal data and definitions of "climate smart" agriculture could nourish communities while incentivizing carbon sequestration across millions of acres | History | Issues in Science & Technology | EBSCO Research

<p>The article focuses on the significant increase in bison population on the Great Plains in recent years, driven by restorative efforts led by tribal members. Topics include the ecological benefits of bison restoration such as soil health improvement and species diversity, the implementation of culturally significant regenerative agricultural practices by Tribal Nations, and the need for federal policy reform to support Native American regenerative agriculture.</p>

Household food bills ‘risk pressure from degraded soil and climate volatility’ | Perspective Media

Campaigners argued that restoring soil health is among the most cost-effective hedges against future shocks.Households are facing further cost pressures on ...

Declining Soil Health, A Silent Threat to India’s Food Security

Declining Soil Health in India threatens food security, crop productivity, and nutrition. Read about its causes, impacts, challenges, and sustainable solutions.

Microbes reveal how tillage shapes soil carbon storage | Newswise

A research team found that the way farmland stores soil organic carbon depends not only on how much carbon is added, but also on where that carbon enters the soil and how microbes transform it after tillage.

Four Ways to Profit From Cover Crops in Year One

Cover crops can pay in year one through grazing, weed control, nitrogen savings and USDA-backed cost-share programs.

U of I field days to help farmers improve soil health

Twin Falls — Get ready to get down and dirty.

PM Modi Releases 23rd PM-KISAN Installment; Rs 18,880 Crore Transferred to 9.44 Crore Farmers

The 23rd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was disbursed on Saturday at Tarakeswar, Hooghly, West Bengal. Nearly 9.44 crore eligible farmers, including more than 2.18 crore women, received around Rs 18,880 crore in direct financial assistance.

Distinct rhizosphere microbiomes and metabolomes mediate Fusarium crown rot resistance across wheat cultivars - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Soil-borne Fusarium crown rot (FCR) poses a major challenge to wheat production. Plants can recruit beneficial microbes through a “cry-for-help” strategy in response to pathogen attack, yet how different wheat genotypes modulate this response remains unclear. In FCR-affected wheat fields, we systematically investigated the interactions among wheat, pathogens, rhizosphere microbes, and metabolites using a combination of phenotypic assessment, molecular detection, and microbiome and metabolome profiling. Our results showed that wheat genotype and plant health jointly shaped rhizosphere microbial communities and metabolite profiles. Beneficial Bacillus species were key taxa in healthy rhizosphere communities, whereas the susceptible cultivar additionally relied on Pseudomonas to maintain plant health. In vitro assays and a pot experiment confirmed that these microbes antagonize the pathogen and enhance wheat performance, thereby alleviating FCR. Furthermore, the tolerant cultivar exhibited more complex rhizosphere microbial co-occurrence networks and harbored conserved taxa, such as Devosia. Microbe–metabolite interaction networks revealed strong associations between beneficial rhizosphere microbes (e.g., Bacillus and Pseudomonas) and specific metabolites, such as tritrans-heptacis-undecaprenyl phosphate, PE(14:1(9Z)/20:5(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z)), and 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate. Collectively, our results provide novel evidence that rhizosphere metabolite-mediated plant–microbe interactions contribute to the suppression of soil-borne diseases.